Cass Catsoulis

This afternoon we’re catching up with Sarah Jean Baker; founder of Sarah Jean. Sarah is the amazing Brisbane-based #girlboss, who has created a range of vegan and cruelty free false eyelashes and a glue that is applied with a mascara like brush. If you’re anything like me and have the shortest eyelashes in the world (#seriously) & not very handy with applying the glue to your lashes then Sarah Jean is for you!

Thank you for chatting to us Sarah! Firstly, when did Sarah Jean start and how?

It’s my pleasure. SARAH JEAN launched in March, 2016 after more than a year of R&D. I was applying party lashes for my sister’s hen’s party and it was messy…. I had sticky fingers, smudged eye shadow and I thought ‘there has to be an easier way’. So that really started the research phase to see what was on the market that made false eyelash application easy. After extensive research, I saw there was an opportunity to develop something – what that would be, I was still to work out at that point.Continue Reading

SPOTLIGHT ON: SARAH JEAN was last modified: October 26th, 2017 by Cass Catsoulis

Is it just us or is old mate Spring calling our names…then comes the endless Brissy Summer. We could not be more excited for the heat. But, a Spring clean is a fun time and a way to feel fresh and new! I wouldn’t call myself an interior designer of any sense of the imagination but there are ways to make you feel like one. With Matt Blatt, it is oh so tempting and oh so easy to change the look of room with one simple or crazy piece.

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Locals will have an alternative new shopping precinct with an exciting retail mix that we believe will make Coorparoo Square a unique destination in its own right,” Peter Honeycombe, Managing Director of Honeycombes Property Group.

The suburb of Coorparoo, the hub of the south/east side will soon be welcoming a new kid on the block… known around town as the much anticipated ‘Coorparoo Square.’ Set to be the next ‘Portside Warf’ precinct, it will hold some major tenants such as the boutique national cinema chain, Dendy Cinemas, Global supermarket chain, Aldi and three residential buildings with 360 luxury apartments offering one, two and three-bedroom apartments as well as lavish penthouses.

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